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Preston Grange Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Foundation school
Chiltern Road, Preston Grange, North Shields NE29 9QL · pgps.co.uk · 0191 300 9190
On the mapSearch near NE29 9QL
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 72%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. North Tyneside 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 216
- 90% of 240 places
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 16.1%
- First language not English
- 5.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 29 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 93% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 30 | 1▲ | 87% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 97% |
Results
In 2024/25, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% the higher standard. Across North Tyneside it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲72% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 28 June 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Preston Grange Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 27 Jun 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective May 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (66 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 83%
- Replies
- 66
- 29% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied
based on 13 parents (20%) with SEND